depression

[De*pres·sion]

A period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment

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The act of depressing.

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pushing down; "depression of the space bar on the typewriter"

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sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

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a sunken or depressed geological formation

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angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

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a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"

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a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

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a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity

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a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

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an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"

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a time period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment


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The act of depressing.

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The state of being depressed; a sinking.

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A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions.

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Humiliation; abasement, as of pride.

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Dejection; despondency; lowness.

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Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness.

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The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.

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The operation of reducing to a lower degree; -- said of equations.

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A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8.


Depression

De*pres"sion , n. [L. depressio: cf. F. d'82pression.] 1. The act of depressing. 2. The state of being depressed; a sinking. 3. A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions. 4. Humiliation; abasement, as of pride. 5. Dejection; despondency; lowness.
In a great depression of spirit.
6. Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness. 7. (Astron.) The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon. 8. (Math.) The operation of reducing to a lower degree; -- said of equations. 9. (Surg.) A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8. Angle of depression (Geod.), one which a descending line makes with a horizontal plane. -- Depression of the dewpoint (Meteor.), the number of degreees that the dew-point is lower than the actual temperature of the atmosphere. -- Depression of the pole, its apparent sinking, as the spectator goes toward the equator. -- Depression of the visible horizon. (Astron.) Same as Dip of the horizon, under Dip. Syn. -- Abasement; reduction; sinking; fall; humiliation; dejection; melancholy.

The act of depressing.

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Usage Examples

Every age yearns for a more beautiful world. The deeper the desperation and the depression about the confusing present, the more intense that yearning.

In the last 5 years, American employers have lost over $150 billion of productivity to depression alone. That is more than the GDP of 28 different States during the same period.

Art saved me it got me through my depression and self-loathing, back to a place of innocence.

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves.

After the Great Depression and after public urging, a nationwide public competition was held to determine a design for a memorial that would honor President Thomas Jefferson's bold vision for westward expansion for America.

As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some good. If it hadn't occurred, my parents would have given me my college education. As it was, I had to scrabble for it.

In his first year in office, President Obama pulled us back from the brink of the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression and worked to lay a new foundation for economic growth. The president identified three key strategies to build that lasting prosperity: innovation, investment, and education.

Every experience feeds an actor, and I've learned that depression is all around us.

I can do comedy, so people want me to do that, but the other side of comedy is depression. Deep, deep depression is the flip side of comedy. Casting agents don't realize it but in order to be funny you have to have that other side.

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Other Usage Examples

Depression is the inability to construct a future.

I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd meet, they'd come and seek me out, we'd talk about the future. And I found that their depression and pessimism was every bit as acute as mine.

I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

In the history of the treatment of depression, there was the dunking stool, purging of the bowels of black bile, hoses, attempts to shock the patient. All of these represent hatred or aggression towards what depression represents in the patient.

Depression can seem worse than terminal cancer, because most cancer patients feel loved and they have hope and self-esteem.

I think if there's a great depression there might be some hope.

Depression is when you have lots of love, but no one's taking.

I suffered from a mild case of postpartum depression after my second child and the physical challenge of maintaining an overnight shift at CBS, a marriage, and two in diapers made the symptoms worse and everyone in the house paid the price.

I'd fallen in love with a woman but she broke up with me and I was devastated. Six months later, I went into a suicidal depression from the break-up of the relationship, but I resolved to not do what my friends had done. And so I reached out for help.

I suffered from post-natal depression after Rowan was born. I had a healthy, beautiful baby girl and I couldn't look at her. I couldn't hold her, smile at her. All I wanted was to disappear and die.

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